US9042556B2 - Shaping sound responsive to speaker orientation - Google Patents
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Abstract
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G=√(Xg 2 +Yg 2 +Zg 2) (Equation 1),
wherein G represents a gravity vector and X, Y, and Z represent three axes. That is, for any one sample of the three axes, a resulting gravity vector equals a single
|x|>|z|+m+n(1−|y|) (Equation 2).
|z|>|x|+m+n(1−|y|) (Equation 3).
solving for an angular velocity where phi=pitch (rotation around z axis) and theta=roll (rotation around y axis).
Theta>a sin((n+m−n sin(phi))/(sqrt(2)cos(phi))) (Equation 4).
Using Equation 4 results in a usable range depicted in
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